HC Deb 01 March 1976 vol 906 cc488-9W
Mr. David Howell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish an analysis of changes in public expenditure on debt interest and main programmes in £ million at constant prices in cost terms between the plans embodied in Command Paper No. 5519 of December 1973—after allowance is made for the cuts announced on 17th December—and the outturn for 1974–75 and current plans for 1975–76 to 1977–78, as set out in Command Paper No. 6393.

Mr. Joel Barnett

The information is given at Survey prices in Cmnd. 5879 and Cmnd. 6393. To convert all the figures to constant prices in cost terms would be disproportionately expensive.